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Will 2021 bring the systemic change needed to prevent a climate catastrophe?
I’d like to take a moment to sincerely wish everyone a healthy, happy, and exciting 2021, and to share my thoughts on the year that was and my outlook for the future. 2020 was a momentous year for us all and will not be quickly forgotten, though sometimes we might...
What next for the UK energy sector – part 2
In the second part of our 2020 review we discuss the realities of decentralised energy generation and how the industry needs to gather the data needed to build a model of the energy system of the future. It’s estimated that millions of people could be involved in...
What next for the UK energy sector?
In this two-part video series, filmed during restrictions, we asked two of our board of directors to review the impact of a turbulent year on the UK energy sector. In part 1 below, non-executive director Nigel Ellis, and our applications director, Professor Campbell...
Operational savings from offshore wind condition monitoring systems
At the recent ‘Global Offshore Wind 2020 – route to Net Zero’ conference, Saul Matthews, our Commercial Director, presented new automated condition monitoring technologies from Synaptec which reduce maintenance and outage costs for offshore wind operators. View or...
Enabling digital substations through passive distributed sensor networks
As the drive towards a decarbonised, decentralised and digitalised energy industry continues, the industry is increasingly focused on digitalising a core element of every grid – the substation. But digitalising a substation is not without challenges. The initial high...
Two new collaborations increase Synaptec’s customer offering
Synaptec has signed two new agreements which will see increased availability of our unique passive sensor technology across both the transmission and offshore wind sectors. Lower operating costs for offshore wind with Proserv Our new collaboration with Proserv...
Why Synaptec’s Synchromerger patent is a significant advance for the industry
Recently, Synaptec was granted patent protection of an invention we’ve named Synchromerger. Both its development and the granting of the patent represent a significant advance for the power industry. What is the Synchromerger patent? The title (“Methods and apparatus...
Synaptec focuses photonic technology on Nepal’s Energy Trilemma
Synaptec’s technology is being deployed to address the trilemma of challenges of Nepal’s rapid electrification, bringing affordable, low-carbon energy security to the country. In only nine years, Nepal has increased access to electricity from 65.5% of its population...
Synaptec’s Saul Matthews talks to ORE Catapult about emerging energy tech – podcast
Innovations in energy technology are changing the landscape across the entire sector. As one of the companies at the forefront of this, we joined BladeBug and EchoBolt on ORE Catapult’s Re-Energise podcast to discuss the role of companies like us in driving change and...
Synthesis platform marks turning point for predictive maintenance in T&D and offshore Renewables
Synaptec has launched a real-time data analytics platform which reveals previously hidden indicators about networks, enabling network operators and generators to effectively predict outages and significantly reduce operations and maintenance costs. The new software...
Synaptec’s technology is installed at ORE Catapult’s Levenmouth site – Video
How is our technology installed? One of the most common questions asked of our team is about the installation of our system. Last year, we had the ideal chance to demonstrate this when we went to ORE Catapult’s Levenmouth testing facility to install our system as part...
Synaptec contributes to case for next generation monitoring tools
Synaptec has contributed to a technical paper released by the North American SynchroPhasor Initiative (NASPI), which is titled “High-Resolution, Time-Synchronized Grid Monitoring Devices“. It’s available freely online at: https://www.naspi.org/node/819. This paper,...